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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Five States -Maharashtra, Punjab, Karnataka, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu- continue to drive up India’s Active Cases
In the Worlds’ Largest Vaccine Drive, over3.5 cr vaccine doses administered
More than21 Lakh doses given yesterday
Maharashtra, Punjab, Karnataka, Gujarat andTamil Nadu continue to report a high number of daily new cases. They collectively account for 71.10% of the 28,903 new cases reported in the last 24 hours
83.91% of the new cases are from Maharashtra, Punjab, Karnataka, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
Maharashtra alone accounts for 61.8% of the daily new cases with 17,864 cases. It is followed by Kerala with 1,970 while Punjab reported 1,463 new cases.
Eight states, as below, are displaying an upward trajectory in daily new cases. Kerala is reporting a consistently declining trend over the last one month.
India’s total Active Caseload stands at 2.34 lakh  today, comprising 2.05% of the total cases.
Maharashtra, Kerala and Punjab account for 76.4% of India’s total active cases, with Maharashtra alone contributing nearly 60%.
Over3.5 cr vaccine doses have been administered through 5,86,855 sessions, as per the provisional report till 7 am today.
These include 75,06,155HCWs , 45,54,855HCWs , 76,00,030FLWs  and16,47,644FLWs , 21,66,408beneficiaries aged more than 45 years with specific co-morbidities  and1,15,89,444beneficiaries aged more than 60 years.
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HCWs
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FLWs
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45 to <60 years with Co-morbidities
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Over 60 years
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Total
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1st Dose
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2nd Dose
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1st Dose
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2nd Dose
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1st Dose
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1st Dose
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75,06,155
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45,54,855
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76,00,030
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16,47,644
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21,66,408
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1,15,89,444
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3,50,64,536
As on Day-60 of the vaccination drive , more than21lakhvaccine doses were given. Of these, 17,82,553beneficiaries were vaccinated across 30,871 sessions for 1st dose  and 3,34,551HCWs and FLWs received 2nd dose of vaccine.
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Date: 16th March, 2021
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HCWs
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FLWs
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45to<60 years with Co-morbidities
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Over 60years
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Total Achievement
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1stDose
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2ndDose
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1stDose
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2nd Dose
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1stDose
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1stDose
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1stDose
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2ndDose
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59,172
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96,239
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1,25,624
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2,38,312
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2,77,681
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13,20,076
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17,82,553
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3,34,551
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India’s cumulative recoveries stand at 1,10,45,284 today. The national Recovery Rate is 96.56%.
188 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours.
Six States account for 86.7%of the new deaths. Maharashtra saw the maximum casualties . Punjab follows with 38 daily deaths. Keralareported15 deaths.
Fifteen States/UTs have not reported any COVID19 deaths in the last 24 hours. These are Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Uttarakhand, Lakshadweep, Sikkim, Meghalaya, D&D & D&N, Nagaland, Tripura, Ladakh , Manipur, Mizoram, A&N Islands and Arunachal Pradesh.
Ministry of Power
Union Minister of Power and New and Renewable Energy Takes Important Meeting
Reviews Supply of Fly Ash to the end Users by the Power Plants to Increase Fly Ash Utilisation
Advisory Issued by Ministry of Power
Aims to Reduce the Tariff of Electricity and Burden on Consumers
Union Minister of Power and New and Renewable Energy, Shri R K Singh, took a meeting on 22.09.2021 to review the status fly ash transportation to the end users and the fly ash utilisation
The meeting was attended by Chairperson CEA, CMD NTPC and Chairman DVC and senior officials of the Ministry of Power. It was directed that power plants shall invariably auction the fly ash through a transparent bidding process and an advisory has been issued by the Ministry of 22.09.2021 for this purpose. This will reduce the tariff of electricity and burden on the consumers. The advisory has the following salient points to be followed by power plants:
- The power plants shall provide the Fly Ash to end users through a transparent bidding process only.
- If after bidding/ auction some quantity of Fly Ash still remains un-utilized, then only, as one of the options, it could be considered to be given free of cost on first come first served basis if the user agency is willing to bear transportation cost.
- If ash remains unutilised even after the steps taken as above, thermal power plant  shall bear the cost of transportation of Fly Ash to be provided free to eligible projects.
- The end users shall be obligated to source the fly ash from the nearest TPPs to reduce the cost of fly ash transportation. If the nearest TPP refuses to do so, the end user project shall approach Ministry of Power for appropriate directions.
- The transportation cost wherever required to be borne as per provisions of MOEF&CC notification by the power plants, shall be discovered on competitive bidding basis only. Thermal Power Plants shall prepare a panel of transportation agencies every year based on competitive bidding for transportation in slabs of 50km which may be used for the period. The TPPs shall call for bids well in advance so, that a transportation panel is in place as soon as the previous panel expires. There should not be gap between the expiry of one panel and the finalization of the fresh panel.
- The fly ash will be offered to the end users on the competing demand basis, i.e the end users who offer the highest price for fly ash and seek minimum support for transportation cost will be offered the same fly ash on priority.
- The power plants may offer fly ash subject to their technical restrictions such as all precautions required for Dyke Stability and Safety etc. The power plants having lower ash utilizations shall make all out efforts to increase the fly ash utilization.
The power plants shall take necessary steps for strict compliance of the advisory issued by the Ministry of Power.
Ministry of Defence
Army Chief visits ARDE & Bharat Forge at Pune : Army working towards self reliance
The Chief of Army Staff, General MM Naravane visited the Bharat Forge and ARDE, Pune to witness their Research and Development efforts towards modernising the Indian Armed Forces. The Army Chief during his visit to Bharat Forge was updated on the various defence related projects underway, including the Aerospace Manufacturing Factory, Ultra-Light Howitzers, protected vehicles, small arms and ammunitions. The COAS also visited the Kalyani Centre of Technical and Manufacturing Innovation where he was briefed on 3D Printing, Unmanned Ground Vehicles, Nano Technology, AI, Thermal Imaging etc.
ARDE is a premium institution of the Defence Research Development Organisation  working to equip the Armed Forces with world class armament systems. The Army Chief during his visit to ARDE was briefed regarding the latest initiatives, research and progress on various trials conducted of equipment and ammunition being developed by them including the ATAGS, PINAKA, 10 metre foldable bridge, Laser guided anti-tank guided missile systems and new family of munitions.
This visit of General MM Naravane is seen as a push towards making the Armed Forces self-reliant in consonance with the Aatma Nirbhar Bharat initiative by the Government.
Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas
The Government has set a target to raise the share of natural gas in energy mix to 15% in 2030 from about 6.3% now
The Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Shri Rameswar Teli in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today informed that the Government has set a target to raise the share of natural gas in energy mix to 15% in 2030 from about 6.3% now. To achieve the target, various initiatives have been taken which inter alia include the following:-
i). Expansion of National Gas Grid to about 33,500 Km from current 21,715 Km.
ii). Expansion of City Gas Distribution  network
iii). Setting up of Liquefied Natural Gas Terminals.
iv). Allocation of domestic gas to Compressed Natural Gas  / Piped Natural Gas  in no cut category.
v). Allowing marketing and pricing freedom to gas produced from high pressure/high temperature areas, deep water & ultra-deep water and from coal seams.
vi). Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation  initiatives to promote Bio-CNG.
Providing Piped Natural Gas  connections and establishment of Compressed Natural Gas  stations is part of the development of CGD network and the same is carried out by the entities authorized by Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board . The CNG Stations and PNG connections are being provided by authorized entities as per timelines prescribed by PNGRB from time to time. As on 31.05.2022, total 95.21 lakh PNG  connections have been provided and 4531 CNG  stations have been established by the authorized entities. After completion of 11A city gas distribution  round, 295 Geographical Areas  have been authorized which inter alia covers 98% of India’s population and 88% of its GAs. As per Minimum Work Programme, CGD entities authorized upto 11A round, have to provide 12.33 crore PNG connections and establish 17,700 CNG stations by 2030 including in rural and urban areas.
Prime Minister's Office
PM greets people on Ganesh Chaturthi
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has greeted the people on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi.
In a tweet, the Prime Minister said;
"यतो बुद्धिरज्ञाननाशो मुमुक्षोः, यतः सम्पदो भक्तसन्तोषिकाः स्युः।
यतो विघ्ननाशो यतः कार्यसिद्धिः, सदा तं गणेशं नमामो भजामः।।
गणेश चतुर्थी की ढेरों शुभकामनाएं। गणपति बाप्पा मोरया!
Best wishes on Ganesh Chaturthi. May the blessings of Bhagwan Shri Ganesh always remain upon us."
Ministry of Coal
Six coal mines are under consideration for allotment.
The Ministry of Coal had initiated the auction process for 27 coal mines under tranches 8, 9 and 10 for non-regulated sector and the allotment process for 15 coal mines under tranches 6, 7, 8 and 9 for various specified end-uses i.e. Power, Sale of Coal and Iron & Steel.
In the auction process, the successful bidders for all the mines except Gare Palma IV-1 have been recommended by the Central Government as detailed below:
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S. No
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Name of Coal Mine
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State
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Success Bidder
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PRC 
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Final Price 
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Revenue for 30 years|
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1
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Bikram
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Madhya Pradesh
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Birla Corporation Limited
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0.36
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154
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166.32
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2
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Brahampuri
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Madhya Pradesh
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Birla Corporation Limited
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0.36
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156
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168.48
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3
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Bhaskarpara
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Chhattisgarh
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Prakash Industries Limited
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1.00
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1100
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3,300.00
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4
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Jagannathpur B
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West Bengal
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Powerplus Traders Private Limited
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0.80
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185
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444.00
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5
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Jamkhani
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Odisha
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Vedanta Limited
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2.60
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1674
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13,057.20excluding royalties, levies, and applicable taxes
In the Allotment process, applications were received in case of 6 out of 15 coal mines. On the basis of the evaluation of the applications, received in the allotment processes, these 6 coal mines are under consideration for allotment.
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S. No.
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Name of Coal Mine
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End Use
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Extractable Reserves 
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1-2
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Durgapur II Taraimar/ Durgapur II Sariya
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Power
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207.15
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3
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Mandakini
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Power
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287.89
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4
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Utkal C
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Power
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123.86
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5
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Sugia Closed Mine
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Sale of Coal
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2.06
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6
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Tokisud North
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Sale of Coal
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51.97excluding royalties, levies, and applicable taxes
These mines will add more than 5MT coal per annum and boost the coal production in the country and reduce the dependence of industries on imported coal. This will also generate about Rs. 15,000 Crores revenue for State Governments where the mines are located besides royalties and other applicable taxes.
Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
JNPT and New Mangalore Port handle 120 Metric Tonnes of Oxygen on priority basis.
JNPT and New Mangalore Port today handled 120 Metric Tonnes of Medical Oxygen on priority basis.
India’s largest Container Port, Jawahrlal Nehru Port Trust handled four medical-grade oxygen filled cryogenic containers with total quantity of 80 MT. Each cryogenic container carried 20 MT of Liquid Medical grade Oxygen. These medical grade oxygen containers were loaded in Jebel Ali, United Arab Emirates and reached India today.
Indian Navy’s INS Kolkata reached New Mangalore Port today carrying 40 MT of oxygen from Kuwait. The cargo also comprised of 5 tons of oxygen cylinders and 4 high flow oxygen concentrators.
It may be noted that Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways has directed all Major Ports of India, including the Kamarajar Port Limited, to waive-off all charges levied by Major Port Trusts  and accord highest priority in the berthing sequence to the vessels carrying oxygen related consignments. For details:https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1713914
Prime Minister's Office
BRICS Business Council created a roadmap to achieve $ 500 billion Intra-BRICS trade target by the next summit :PM
PM requests BRICS countries and NDB to join Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure initiative
PM participates in Leaders dialogue with BRICS Business Council and New Development Bank
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi along with the Heads of states of other BRICS countries participated in the Leaders dialogue with BRICS Business Council and New Development Bank.
Prime Minister said that the BRICS Business Council created a roadmap to achieve the $ 500 billion Intra-BRICS trade target by the next summit and identification of economic complementarities among BRICS countries would be important in this effort. The partnership agreement between New Development Bank and BRICS Business Council would be useful for both the institutions, he added.
PM requested BRICS countries and NDB to join Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure initiative. He also requested that the work of establishing the Regional Office of NDB in India should be completed soon. This will give a boost to projects in priority areas, he added.
PM concluded that our dream of strengthening BRICS economic cooperation can be realized only with the full cooperation of the Business Council and New Development Bank.
Ministry of Home Affairs
Public image of Police Personnel
The Ministry of Home affairs vide Home Secretary’s D.O. letter dated 14.7.2015, requested all the Directors General of Police  of State Governments/Union Territories, to make necessary arrangements and have a system in place that would ensure uploading of positive stories/good work being done at Police station level or by any other police office at District level or below, to mitigate the negative public image of the police. The D.O. letter was followed by another communication dated 14.10.2017 from MHA.
As per information available, a total of 44,708 positive stories/good works have been uploaded on the respective State or District police Websites. Besides, Bureau of Police Research and Development based on deliberations on SMART policing announced by the Hon’ble PM in DGP/IGP Conference in 2014 has uploaded in its Website  43 best practices of States/UTs.
Further, as Police is a State subject falling in List-II  of the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India, it is primarily the responsibility of the State Governments/UT Administrations to improve the overall public image of police personnel.
This was stated by the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Hansraj Gangaram Ahir in a written reply to question in the Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Jal Shakti
Ministry of Jal Shakti Announces Winner Of 'Water Heroes: Share Your Stories’ Contest For The Month Of September
Contest Aims To Promote Value Of Water, Water Conservation & Sustainable Development Of Water Resources
The Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Ministry of Jal Shakti has launched the 'Water Heroes: Share Your Stories’ contest which is held monthly on MyGov portal. For the month of September 2022, Ms. Anamika Tiwari has been announced as the winner and she will get a cash prize of Rs. 10,000/- and a certificate. She is a teacher/Principal in the school, and with the help of drama in school, she is making an effort to teach students about importance of water conservation.
- For the month of September 2022, Ms. Anamika Tiwari announced winner
- Winner to get a cash prize of Rs. 10,000/- and a certificate
- Contest held monthly on MyGov portal 
- This edition of contest will end on 30th November, 2022
The objective of the contest is to promote value of water, in general, and for supporting country-wide efforts on water conservation and sustainable development of water resources. ln accordance with the vision of Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, a large population should be motivated to adopt the cause of water conservation in the country. The aim of the contest is to create awareness for water conservation by enhancing knowledge and sharing experiences of water heroes; and to create an attitude towards water conservation and management so that a behavioural change can be created amongst all stakeholders.
The contest is held monthly and may be seen on MyGov portal. The 3rd edition has been launched on 01.12.2021 and will end on 30.11.2022 on MyGov portal. The 1st edition was launched from 01.09.2019 to 30.08.2020. The 2nd edition was launched from 19.09.2020 to 31.08.2021. To participate in the contest, one needs to post their success stories on water conservation efforts in the form of 1-5 minutes video, along with a write-up of 300 words and attach some photographs/ photos that depict the efforts. Also, the participants can share their videos  on the MyGov portal . ln addition to this, entries can be submitted at waterheroes.cgwb[at]gmail[dot]com .
Ministry of Defence
Press Statement
Misinformation on the shooting of Pakistan Air Force F-16 by MiG-21 Bison are being spread on various social media sites. IAF during the press statement on 28 Feb 19 had clarified that one F-16 of Pakistan Air Force was shot by MiG-21 Bison and it fell across the LoC. Additionally fake accounts of Wing Commander V Abhinandan have been created in the last one week. IAF has informed on 06 March 19 that Wing Commander V Abhinandan does not have any official social media account on Twitter and Instagram and have advised all not to follow these accounts as they may contain malware.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Update on COVID-19 cases
The total number of positive cases of COVID-19are now30. These include the previous three  cases from Kerala, who have now been discharged. In addition, there are three  from Delhi and NCR, ; six  contacts of the first Delhi Case with travelhistory of Italy; one from Telangana with history of Dubai travel and Singapore contact; 16 Italians and one driver  who was with the Italian tourist group.
In addition, the earlier twosuspected cases of Telangana have tested negative at NIV, Pune. Also, the 14 Italian cases, and all the Indian patients are stable and being monitored.
Total of 6,49,452passengers have been screened at the airports till date from 6550 flights. In addition, there are 29607 persons who are under the IDSP community surveillance and contact tracing.
President's Secretariat
Tour of Rashtrapati Bhavan and Rashtrapati Bhavan Museum to Remain Closed from Tomorrow
As a precautionary measure against the spread of COVID-19, tour of Rashtrapati Bhavan and Rashtrapati Bhavan Museum for the general public will remain closed from tomorrow  till further notice. The Change of Guard ceremony will also not take place till further notice.
Ministry of Communications
121st Dak Adalat on 26th December 2022: Grievances regarding Postal Services in Maharashtra and Goa to be addressed
Customers can send their grievances to Chief Postmaster General, Maharashtra Circle by 16 December 2022
Mumbai: 14 December 2022
The Chief Postmaster General, Maharashtra Circle, Mumbai 400001 will be holding the 121st Dak Adalat on 26th December 2022 at 03:00 PM in the office at 2nd Floor, GPO building, Mumbai – 400001. Complaints/ grievances regarding Postal Services pertaining to the Maharashtra and Goa States which have not been settled within 6 weeks will be entertained in the Dak Adalat.
The complaints relating to Unregistered/ Registered Mails, Speed Post, Counter Services, Saving Banks and non-payment of Money Orders etc. will be considered during Dak Adalat. Complaints should contain details like names and designations of the officers to whom original complaint was addressed, particulars of articles/Money Orders/Saving Bank Accounts/Certificates etc.
Interested customers may send their complaint regarding Postal Services in Duplicate to Assistant Director Postal Services  and Secretary, Dak Adalat, O/o the Chief Postmaster General, Maharashtra Circle, 2nd Floor, GPO Building, Mumbai – 400001 on or before 16.12.2022.
Postal Services form an integral part of the socio-economic life of the country, touching the lives of virtually every citizen. While the Department of Posts strive its best to render the service to the fullest satisfaction of its customers, however communication gaps and service faults do occasionally happen, resulting into grievances and complaints. In order to redress the grievances in an effective manner, the Department periodically organizes Dak Adalat where functionaries of the Department meet the aggrieved customers, gather details about their complaints and try to settle them at the earliest.
Source: India Post
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Ministry of Jal Shakti
PEOPLE DISPLACED DUE TO RAINFALL/FLOOD
Ministry of Home Affairs has informed that as per information furnished/ reported by States/UTs the details of the human lives lost due to hydro-meteorological calamities during 2021-22 are as given at Annexure-I.
Flood management comes under the purview of the States, the schemes for flood control and erosion control are formulated and implemented by concerned States as per their priority. The Union Government supplements the efforts of the States by providing technical guidance and promotional financial assistance for management of floods in critical areas. To strengthen the structural measures of flood management, during XI & XII Plan, Ministry has launched Flood Management Programme  for providing Central Assistance to States for works related to flood management, flood control, anti-erosion, drainage development, anti-sea erosion, etc. which subsequently continued as a component of "Flood Management and Border Areas Programme"  for the period from 2017-18 and extended up to December, 2021. So far Central Assistance amounting to Rs.6447.76 Crores has been released to Union Territories/State Government under this Programme. The 415 projects completed under this Programme has given protection to an area of around 4.994 mha and protected a population of about 52.21 million.
For Non structural measures, Central Water Commission  is the nodal Organisation entrusted with the task of flood forecasting & early flood warnings in the country. Presently, CWC issues flood forecasts for 331 forecasting stations . These stations cover 20 major river basins in 23 States & 2 Union Territories. The number of forecast stations has increased from 175 in the year 2014 to 331 in the year 2021. In order to provide more lead time to the local authorities to plan evacuation of people & remedial measures, Central Water Commission  has developed basin wise deterministic flood forecasting model based on rainfall runoff mathematical modelling for 5 days advance flood forecast advisory at identified flood forecasting and inflow forecasting stations along rivers of India.
This Information was given by the Minister of State for Jal Shakti, Shri Bishweswar Tudu in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.